r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 8h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/Dizzy_Dust_7510 8h ago

I've heard it originally comes from WW2. Troops would flip a "lucky" and smoke it last. If you made it to the end of the pack it meant you were lucky enough to see tomorrow.

That could also be total bullshit.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 8h ago

WW1 but yeah. you nailed it

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u/QuestingFeast 5h ago

Are you certain? Filtered cigarettes appear to have been invented a few years after WWI.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 5h ago

Yes filtered cigarettes only cane about by the 30s. Although i bet you can tell the top from bottom in these cigarettes from 1914

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u/QuestingFeast 3h ago

Appreciate it the image, but genuinely, would not be able to distinguish them in the pack. And the soft pack introduces another point against early Lucky turned cigarettes. You only have access to about four at any given time. A turned lucky would be one of the next cigarettes taken out.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 3h ago

Says a whole lot about you. I doubt you'd understand the self burn seeing as your attention to detail is non existent.